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- Business: emap
- Brand:Drapers
- Job Role:News Reporter
- Base Location: London, Fleet Street/ Hybrid ( up to 3 days from home)
- Employment Type:Full time, Permanent
- Salary: £27,000 DOE
About the company: Trading as emap for its B2B division, Metropolis International is a fast-growing business, privately owned Media Group with over £50m of annual revenue, structured in two divisions consumer media, and business-to-business media. In both parts of the business, we run print magazines, digital content and both face-to-face and virtual awards, conferences, and other events. Metropolis is actively looking at acquiring more media businesses. We employ over 480 people in offices in Croydon, Fleet street, Devon and Dublin.
About the brand: 138th year, it is the UKs market leading B2B publication for the fashion industry, with unparalleled authority in the sector. Drapers aims to help those working in fashion retail make better business decisions through exclusive news, analysis, commentary, and in-depth research.
As News Reporter you will have experience of daily business reporting, including generating exclusive news stories through your network of contacts. You will have strong news judgement and the ability to work accurately at speed. You will also feel comfortable delving through company financials, interviewing CEOs, and writing in-depth analysis.
As well as writing exclusive news stories, you will have the opportunity to contribute creative ideas to the wider Drapers brand, including writing features and comment pieces.
Drapers offers a growing portfolio of conferences, awards, and smaller bespoke networking events, and you will be required to contribute, when required, by suggesting speakers and judges, and covering conference sessions.
You will also be expected to act as a brand ambassador at external events.
Key responsibilities:
- Breaking exclusive news stories ahead of our competitors, ensuring they are well researched and written, follow the Drapers house style and are legally sound.
- Building wide knowledge of the fashion retail industry and key contacts
- Following up important breaking news stories quickly with an analysis of what it means for the Drapers audience.
- Pitching and writing longer-term, in-depth investigations.
- Ensure news is shared on all social media channels and work with news editor and digital editor to drive traffic to Drapers website.
- Contribute creative ideas to the wider Drapers brand, including writing features and comment pieces.
- Contribute content to the digital schedule on a weekly basis.
- When required, work with the conference and events team to put together agenda-setting programmes, suggesting speakers for events.
- Attend fashion trade shows both in the UK and internationally on a seasonal basis.
- Attend industry networking events both in and outside of working hours when applicable.
- Contribute to the Drapers daily newsletter, which requires an early start and finish at least once a week.
Skills and experience:
- NCTJ qualification, or equivalent journalism training or experience.
- Minimum of one years news reporting experience is preferred.
- Experience in breaking exclusive off-diary news stories preferred.
Core competencies:
- Strategic planning.
- Organised.
- Exceptional written English.
- Excellent communication and people management skills.
Personal Attributes:
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Collaborative and creative approach to working.
- Ability to work efficiently across different functions of the business.
- A curious nature with a strong attention to detail.
Career & Personal Development:
We have a dedicated in-house Learning and Developing coordinator to guide you and support you with your career development.
Here at emap, we consider employee learning & development very fundamental to the continuous success of our businesses. As a result, we provide an environment where continuous development takes place, and employees are supported to meet the ever-changing demands and priorities of the workplace.
To achieve this goal, our employees are encouraged to identify respective areas of personal and professional development focused on six (6) strategic areas (Management & People: Health; Safety; Well-being, Sales, Events, Marketing, Editorial, Information Technology), and we have a framework to help equip employees with the right knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to deliver in their job roles, which ultimately contributes value towards achieving set organizational objectives.
Benefits:emap is part of Metropolis Group, together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy workplace, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.
- 25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell),additional 1 day celebration leave
- Health plan
- Life insurance cover
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted gym memberships
- Retail discount vouchers
- Rail season ticket loans
- Continuous learning & Development opportunities for Editors
- Quarterly In-house Editorial Excellence Awards
- Volunteer day
- Private virtual GP access
- Seasonal flu jabs on site
- Pension scheme
- Income Protection and more
Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at our metro[polis web page.
Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.
How to apply:Please submit your CV and cover letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage however, if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of the closing date.
The closing date for applications is 24th Jan 2025.
